Simone Giannelli

Simone Giannelli
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1996-08-09) 9 August 1996
Bolzano, Italy
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 6 12 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Spike 350 cm (140 in)
Block 330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Position Setter
Current club Diatec Trentino
Number 9
Career
YearsTeams
2012–Diatec Trentino
National team
2015– Italy
Last updated: 24 October 2016

Simone Giannelli (born 9 August 1996) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of the Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Trentino Volley, silver medalist of the 2015 World Cup and bronze medalist of the 2015 European Championship, Italian Champion (2013, 2015).

Career

He had proved himself an up-and-coming star within volleyball, by achieving the Finals MVP award at the 2014-2015 Italian Volleyball League won by his team against Modena Volley. He then followed the trend up by taking the starting 7 in the national team, despite competition by players like Dragan Travica, Michele Baranowicz and Marco Falaschi.

In his first year in the national team he won a silver medal at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup and a bronze medal at the 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship, where he was also awarded the prize for best setter, the youngest in the history of the tournament.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

National championships

National team

Individual

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Awards
Preceded by
Russia Sergey Grankin
Best Setter of
CEV European Championship

2015
Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by
Poland Fabian Drzyzga
Best Setter of
CEV Champions League

2015/2016
Succeeded by
Argentina Luciano De Cecco
Preceded by
France Benjamin Toniutti
Best Setter of
FIVB World League

2016
Succeeded by
France Benjamin Toniutti
Preceded by
Brazil William Arjona
Best Setter of
FIVB Club World Championship

2016
Succeeded by
TBD


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